Combination sectional furniture and knockdown shelving-section.



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APPLICATION FILED JULY 2.1911. 1,290,782. Patented Jan. 7,1919.

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MORRIS REIGERSBERG, or

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO GRAND RAPIDS SHOW CASE 00., OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

COMBINATION SECTION AL FURNITURE AND KN OCKDOWN SHELVING-SECTION.

-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. '7, 1919.

Application filed .ruly'a, 1917. Serial No. 178,192.

.7 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, MORRIS RmonRsBnRo, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Sectional Furniture and Knockdown Shelving-Sections; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a combination sectional furniture and shelving unit adapted for use therewith. The invention has relation to and is adapted nection with sectional furniture of the character shown in United States Patent No. 1,219,891, issued March 20, 1917. In such patented construction a plurality of sections are located in superimposed relation between a base and a top, said base, top and sections resting one on the other but being normally otherwise disconnected from each other. A plurality of said stacks of sections are lo cated end to end in horizontal alinement, the adjacent ends of the sections and adjacent ends of bases and tops being spaced a short distance from each other. A post or pilaster enters the space between the adjacent ends of stacks of sections at their front edges and detachable connecting means are used to attach each section, base and top to' the pilaster whereby there is in effect produced a sectional structure which has the appearance and effect of one built solid yet one readily disassembled and capable of interchanging. Each post or pilaster at its front portion is provided with laterally extending overlapping edges which serve to aline the sections and cover the meeting edges of the sections and the post or pilaster.

In the present invention it is a primary. object and purpose to provide a shelvin unit which may be substituted for and take the place of the usual stack of units or sections occupying the place thereof in any It is a further object of the invention to rovide a shelving unit of this character which shall include a base, top and two front posts or pilasters and to make the shelving unit of knockdown construction whereby the other elements which enter into the construction of for use in con-.

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patent to which reference is made, By this means store furnishings including one or more shelving units may at will be changed to store furnishings in which the shelves are displaced and the regular and standard sections used in their stead without the necessity of throwing away the major portion of the shelving unit, the base, the top and the two front pilasters of the shelving unit being available for use in the section stack substituted.

For the attainment of these ends and of others not specifically enumerated the construction shown in the accompanying drawings has been produced in which drawings,

Figure l is a perspective view with parts broken away and disassociated one from the other illustrating the interposition of the shelving unit in an installation of sectional furniture.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken through the construction shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front view showing a shelving unit interposed between two stacks of sections.

Fig. 4. is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a complete Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken .substantiallv on he line 6-6 of Fig. 5 with the tions at either end and Fig. 7 is a fragmentary detail of construction illustrating the detachable connection of a pilaster to the standard top used in building shelving units.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

The sectional furniture comprises a series of sections 1 which in use are superimposed one above the other to any desired or required height. The lowermost sections rest upon a base 2 While the uppermost carries Ordinarilyithe stacks of sections thus-assembled are located end to end in horizontal alinement the adjacent ends of .shelvin sections spaced a short distance apart. A. post or pilaster i is inserted between the adjacent ends of the stacks of sections at the front thereof until stopped by overlapping lateral extensions 5' at the front of each pilaster. Usemay be made of any suitable means in connecting the sections to the pilaster. Preferably, screws are passe through the ends of the sections into the pilaster l whereby a detachable connection of the pilaster to the sections is secured.

The shelving unit includes a base 2 and a top 3 and two front pilasters 4 having standard construction identical with the base, top and pilaster of the sectional furniture described. Two rear posts 6 are located at the back corners of the base and top completing the supporting frame for the Screws 7 pass through the lower parts 0 the posts or pilasters 1 and of the rear posts 6 into the ends of the base 2, and bolts 8 having slotted heads pass through the upper ends of said posts 4 and 6, threading through nuts 9 located in recesses 10 in the front and back members of the top 3, said-posts in this manner being securely connected to the base and top butnevertheless easily capable of detachment therefrom by removal of the screws 7 and the bolts 8.

On the inner sides of each post or pilaster 4 and similarly on the inner sides of the rear posts 6, a plurality of openings or holes 11 are bored, the holes in any post or pilaster being located in vertical alinement. Shelf supports 12 or flat metal are each formed with a horizontal supporting ledge 13 and at each end are formed with outwardly bent lugs 14 to enter the openings 11in such post. It is apparent that the shelving supports 12 maybe adjusted to various positions along the length of the supporting osts 4 and 6. The particular construction of the shelving support in the present 1nvention is not of any essential consequence being fully described and claimed in a copending application for patent filed by Anthony Vanderveld. on 2nd day of July 1917, Ser. No. 17 8,190. g

A plur lity of shelves 15 are supported between pairs of shelf supports 12 located in the same horizontal plane at each, end of the shelving unit between the supporting posts. In addition the'upper supports 12 carry a cover 16 which is placed immediately below the top 3 serving to cover the undersidethereof. Each shelf 15 is notched at its corners to receive the posts 4: and 6,

17 at each end of 1 leaving a projecting end the shelf to pass between the front and rear posts of the unit. v v

The construction outlined. maybe used 1n" place of the usual stack of sections and inter y posed at any desired point in the length. of a horizontal series 'of said stacks. When thus positioned the front pilasters-4; occupy pilasters in the position of the regular sectional furniture pilaster and the ends of adjacent sections may be secured thereto in the usual manner. If at any time the proprietor of a store wishes to dispensewith the-shelves and use the more complete, up-tosdate, and more expensive sections he can do so by merely eliminating shelves 15, rear posts 6, upper cover 16 and the shelf supports 12 and place the sections in superimposed relation upon the base 2of the shelving unit, using the same top 3, making use of the pilasters l at each end of the sections to complete the sectional furniture.

In many cases the expense of completely furnishing a store with a complete outfit of sectional furniture of the character outlined in the patentto which reference is made above is more than the proprietor wishes to incur atone time. By this construction of shelving unit he can interpose the same in the regular sectional furniture and at any later period complete his store furnishing by merely buying additional standard sections, putting them in place of the shelves. The knock-down feature of the shelving unit permitting its ready disassembly is of value in such substitution of units for shelves and a change can be readily effected without disturbing the other section units. The invention while relatively Simple in character has proven especially valu: able in actual practice. Various changes in minor detail of structure may be resorted to without departing from the invention. The disclosure made, considered as diagrammatic and illustrative of the invention rather than as limiting it to any precise detail of construction and I consider myself entitled to all modifications of structure which fall within thescopeof the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination, comprisinga series of sections positioned one over t e other in superimposed relation to make a vertical stack of sections, a series of said, stacks of zontal alinement withv the ends of adjacent stacks of sections spaced a-short-"distance apart, a post or pilaster of and between adjacent stacks means [deta hably securing the place,

and a "shelving eluding spaced apart. horizontal s accordingly, is to be- V e v nd two .front posts; or; pilasters of" substantially; v ldentical construction with the, or

sect ons located. in hori-f located at'thefront ofsections, "Pe ts unitjin- 12o pilasters between the stacks of sect ons and between the posts shelving unit-being; interposed the spaced a distance apart'equal to the distance T or pilasters of; the sectional furniture, said shelves'being detach: ably mounted on and carried by said pi parts of the sectional units ably securingsaid sections sides of said posts or to the length of a base, top or merchandise stantially as described. 4

of said adjacent stacks to the front posts or pilasters of the shelving unit, substantially as described.

2. In combination, sectional furniture including a stack of sections comprising a base, a plurality of superimposed sections resting on the base and a top resting on the uppermost section,"a of similar construction located in alinement with the first stack and spaced a distance therefrom, a knock-down shelving unit comprising a base and top similar to the base and top of the stacks of. sections, and two front posts or pilasters interposed betweenand detachably connected to said base and' top with spaced apart shelves detachably supported by said posts or pilasters, the distance between the inner sides of said posts or pilasters being equal to thelength ofa section, said shelving unit being interposed between said stacks of sections and filling the space therebetween with the ends of said sections of the stacks of sections contacting with the outer sides of the'posts or pilasters, and means for'securing the sections of said stacks to the adjacent posts or pilasters of the shelving unit,-substantially as described.

3. In combination, sectional furniture 'comprlsing sectional units each includmg a detachable base and top with a merchandise containing construction interposed therebetween, said units being located in alinement a distance apart, a shelving unit comprising a base and top of construction substantially identicalwith that of the base and top of the secti'o'nalunits, and two front posts or pllasters interposed between. and detachably connected to the of the .saidbase and top shelving unit, the

pilasters being equal containing construction of the sectional unit, saidshelving unit being interposed be tween said sectional units and filling the space therebetween with the ends of the contacting with the outer sides of the posts of adjustably said pilasters, and means for securinsaid parts of the, sectional units to the ad acent posts or pilasters of the sh lving unit, sub- 4. A shelving unit includinga base.adapted to receive a merchandise coptaining section thereabove with the section resting'onthe. base, a top adapted to lie'above and rest on thesame or a tainingsection, two frontposts or pilasters interposed between and located and passing -'alongside the ends of said base and top, two

rear posts similarlv interposed between the base and toparid detachably "conne ted ,tachably connecting second stack of sections and top.

.gether with said shelves may distance between the innerposts or pilasters,

or pilasters oftially identical shelves, rear posts and slmilar merchandise con corners of said base and rear posts being adapted shelves, andmeans desaid base and top and posts or pilasters together, whereby said posts or pilasters may be detached to per mit removal, of the shelves and rear posts and insertion of sections between the base theretoat the'rear top, said front and to carry removable 5. A shelving unit including a base section adapted to receive a merchandise'containing section thereabove, a top sectionadapted to be located above and rest on the same or a similar merchandise containing section, 'a front post or pilaster located at the front of and at each end of said base and top sections, each of the front posts'or pilasters including a part extending to the rear alongside the ends of said base and top sections and laterally extending edges, in front of said rearwardly extending part, a rear post at the rear and at each end of the base and top 85 sections, shelves detachably mounted be: tween and carried by saidposts or pilasters and means for'detachably connecting said posts or pilasters to the ends of the top and bottom sections whereby the rear posts tobe readily removed to permit the positioning of merchandise containing sections above the base, said sections at their front edges and at their ends thereupon contacting with the rearwardly extending parts of the front posts or pilasters and lying behind the inner'of said laterally extending front edges.

6. In combination, a shelving unit includ ingbase and top sections, a post or pilaster positioned at both the front and rear at each end of the baseand top sections and lying alongside the ends of the same, means detachably connecting the pilasters to the ends of the base and top sections, a plurality of 105 horizontal shelves detachably carried by said a stack of sections located at each end of the shelving. unit each stack comprising a base and top section substanwith the base and to tions of the shelving unit and a plural ty of merchandise containing sections disposed 7 between the base and top sections, and means detachably connecting the ends of the secpilasters of the shelving unit, whereby the top'section may be readily. removed to permit insertion of sections between the front pilasters and onthe base,-and a laterally extending edge to each- 120 of the front posts or pilasters of the shelving unit overla ping the adjacent front edges of the sections of. said stacks of sections, substantially as described. 1

p In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. 12a -MORRIS REIGER'SBERG.

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